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Pronunciation : Teem
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Icel. t?ma to empty, from tomr empty; akin to Dan. t?mme to empty, Sw. t?mma. See Toom to empty.]
Definition : 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift.

2. (Steel Manuf.)

Defn: To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Teem
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]
Definition : Defn: To think fit. [Obs. or R.] G. Gifford.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Teem
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. temen, AS. teman, t, from te?m. See Team.]
Definition : 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. Shak.

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison.

i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Teem
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To produce; to bring forth. [R.] That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. Shak.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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